In this corner To the Honourable the Supreme Court or
Fiat ??????? one
of the Honourable the Judges thereof.
Jan. 8th 1953

The petition of Florence Lockyer of St. John's , Newfoundland,
Registered Nurse

HUMBLY SHEWETH

Alice Webber of St. John's aforesaid died there on the
13th day of November, A. D. 1952, having first made and published
her last Will and Testament which is hereto annexed marked
"A".

Your petitioner and John Charles Moores of St. John's
aforesaid, Assistant Passenger Agent, are the sole executors
named in the said will.

A full, just and true inventory and valuation of the property
of the said testatrix within the jurisdiction of your Honourable Court at the
time of her death as far as your petitioner can at present ascertain is hereto
annexed marked "B".

No Letters of Probate of any Will nor Letters of Administration of
any estate of the said Alice Webber have issued from your
Honourable Court (initials
to left of 4).

Your petitioner therefore prays that Letters of Probate of the Will of the
said Alice Webber be granted to her and the said John
Charles Moores.

And as in duty bound will ever pray, etc.

Dated at St. John's this 24th day of November, A. D. 1952.

Florence Lockyer LS

NEWFOUNDLAND

St. John's to-wit:

I, Florence Lockyer of St. John's aforesaid, the petitioner
named in the foregoing petition, make oath and say that the matters and things
therein set forth are just and true to the best of my knowledge information
and belief.

SWORN before me at St. John's

aforesaid this 24th day of

November, A.D. 1952

Florence Lockyer LS

Robert Alsop LS

A stamp with value of 25 cents for Newfoundland

Clerk

Inland Revenue is affixed to left of Alsop signature

"A"

Last Will and Testaments

April 4th, 1951

I Alice Webber of the City of St. John'sNfld. declare this to be mylast will and testament.

I give to my daughter Florence Lockyer my own home and effects therein at 131 Hamilton Ave.
City St. John's.
If and when the above mentioned house is sold the nett proceeds of such sale to be divided among the following children. Neville F. Lockyer
Mrs. John Terrell.
Mary Lockyer
Florence Lockyer
Hazel Webber
Grace Lockyer. Mrs.
A J Hand
Eric Lockyer.

In the event of death of either or any of the above named persons previous to such sale such shares will automatically cease and proceeds will be divided among the surviving members of the family before named

After all expenses in connections with this will plus funeral expenses, together with any outstanding debts are paid.

The balances remaining in the Nfld. Savings bank and the Royal Bank of Canada at St. John's in joint account of Florence
Lockyer and myself are to be divided among the following children-

In September 1906 in Harbour Grace, Alice married John
Lockyer, a native of
Trinity, who had been hired by James Ryan in 1904 as an assistant
manager. The Lockyer/Swyers House is located on Coster Street, one of
the main roads in Bonavista. John Lockyer died of pneumonia
in 1917 and Alice, moved the family to Harbour Grace soon after.

The will for John is here: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/lockyer-john-10-503.shtml
The son Levelle was actually Neville and
he was from the first marriage of John
to Mary Cook. She died in Trinity in 1904.

John's brother was William
James Lockyer (Rev. Canon Lockyer), a prominent figure
in the Church of England. For 34 years he laboured in Nova Scotia and the
greater part of that time was at Port Morien, Cape Breton. In 1917 William was made a Canon of All Saints Cathedral, Halifax. William's
wife, Elizabeth
Mary White, was a sister of Bishop White, the first native born Newfoundland
Anglican Bishop.

The will for William James Lockyer is here: http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/lockyer-william-james-13-61.shtml

Arnold had been married to Eliza Ann Balsom (d.
Clarenville June 1924) with whom he had 10 children. At the time of the
marriage of Arnold and Alice, Arnold had been railroading for 28
years. Unfortunately,
Arnold was killed December 6, 1937 in a disastrous train
wreck that occurred shortly after one o'clock in the morning near
St. John's
when engine No. 1000 and two loaded freight cars plunged over a trestle
at Flynn's Dump, Mount Pearl. http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/guardian-1937-p2.shtml

Florence May Lockyer married Carl Alva Butler at
Topsail Anglican Church November 1955.

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